Interior wall-facing.



F. PEDRICK.

INTERIOR WALL FAGING.

APPLIUATION FILED PEB. 24, 1909.

Patented Jan.18,1910.

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FRANK PEDRICK, OF COLUMBUS, OHIO.

INTERIOR WALL-FAOING.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 18, 1910.

Application filed February 24, 1909. Serial No: 479,785.

To all whom it may concern:

Be itknown that I, FRANK Pantalon, a citizen of the United States, residing at Columbus, in the county of Franklin and State `of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Interior fall- Facings, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to the improvement of interior wall facings, and the objects of my invention are to provide an improved construction of interior wall face, by means of which facing blocks or bricks of glass, porcelain, tile or other suitable material may be laid in connection with the wall, in an accurate and uniform manner; to so construct my improved interior wall facings as to insure a uniform separation of the facing blocks or bricks, and to otherwise produce an interior wall facing in which the facing blocks will be arranged to present a pleasing appearance to the eye, and at the same time will lbe prevented from cracking or breaking from expansion of the glass or other material of which they are formed. These objects I accomplish in the manner illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which:

Figure l is a perspective view of a partially constructed wall and facing therefor, illustrating the means for separating the parallel rows of facing blocks, and,` Fig. 2 is a detail view in perspective of a portion of a wall illustrating in connection therewith a portion of the framework and means for separating the facing blocks.

Similar numerals refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

In order to illustrate the use of my invention, we will assume that it is desired to provide an interior glazed or finish facing for a brick or other wall, such as is indicated at l. In carrying out my invention, the first or lower course of interior finish blocks or bricks 2, is laid parallel with the base of the wall l against a filling of cement or concrete 3 which is between said wall 1 and the blocks 2, the block being united with said cement lling, while the latter is in a plastic condition. In the construction of the facing blocks which I employ for this purpose, the rear sides thereof are formed with rearward anchor projections or longitudinal ribs of suitable form, which may be of the character shown at 2a in Fig. l of the drawing and which projections are embedded in the cement body 3. In laying the finishing blocks 2 of the firstcourse, as well as those of the upper courses, the ends thereof may be separated to form a desirable width of mortar or cement joint 2b, by the temporary insertion of end spacing blocks 2C which may be withdrawn when desired. For the reasons hereinafter set forth, it is also desirable and a part of my present invention to provide means for properly and uniformly separating the different horizontal courses or layers of the finishing blocksv one from the other and in order to accomplish this, I provide on the inner side of the proposed interior wall, a plurality of vertical frame standards 4, said standards being arranged at equal distances one from the other and each having its inner vertical edge at a distance from the inner face of the wall l, which is equal to the combined thickness of the cement body 3 and a facing block 2, the inner vertical edges of said frame bars thus being brought into contact with the outer faces of the facing blocks, as the latter are built one upon the other. The standards 4 are held in their proper vertical positions, by means of suitable horizontal and inclined supporting and brace arms or bars 5 and 6. Each of the standards 4 has its vertical edge which is toward the wall, formed with a plurality of horizontal recesses or kerfs 4a, these kerfs being arranged at equal distances one from the other, such distances being equal to the proposed distances between the horizontal mortar or cement joints of the interior wall and greater than the actual heights of the facing blocks,

lVhen one course or horizontal row of the facing blocks has been laid, a spacing bar of desired thickness such as is indicated at 7, is inserted endwise through two or more of the corresponding kerfs or recesses 4a of two or more of the standards 4. The space bar is then moved outward until a desirable portion of its body is upon the facing blocks of the last laid course, while the remaining portion of the bar is within the mouths of said standard kerfs. This being accomplished, the next higher row or course of facing blocks is laid, with the lower sides thereof upon said spacing bar and with the outer surfaces of the blocks in contact with the standards 4. As the facing blocks are thus laid, the space between the blocks and the outer wall l, is filled with cement and as the cement becomes sufficiently set or harthe standards 4, from which they may bey pulled endwise as desired without interfering with the previously laid blocks.

In the manner described, it will be understood that a space or open joint such as is indicated at 8 in Fig. 2, may be provided between the interior facing blocks andthat these spaces, owing to the uniform thicknesses of the spacing bars 7, will be at all times equal, thus imparting to the wall not only a neat and attractive appearance as a result of the uniformly laid blocks, but providing a space ybetween the layers of blocks which will obviate the tendency of the fae- .ing blocks to cracker break through pressure against each other, which may come as a result of the expansion .of the material of which kthe facing blocks are formed.

VIt'iso'bvious that thev standards' 4 may be of a height equal to the height of the intended interior finish and that the horizontal base supporting bars of said standards may be affixed to the ioor to insure their rigid support.

lhat I claim, is:

The method of constructing a faced building wall which consists in iirst applying a facing of Cement to a previously constructed wall and then pressing the finishing faeing members into said cement in horizontal courses, and spacing said courses from each other by horizontally extending Vspacing members until said cement sets, and then removing said spacing members.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses. y

FRANK PEDRICK.

Witnesses A. L. PHELPS, L. CARL S'roUGI-ITON. 

